The downtown Emerald Lounge music hall will hold two benefit concerts next month to raise money to keep the room in business, the venue’s owner said Tuesday.

The May 2-3 shows were scheduled after Emerald owner Christina Brunell-Fortini announced that the club was in financial trouble. “We are fighting the good fight,” she said Tuesday. “If we succeed, yay! But if not, at least I know that I’ve been loved.”

The Emerald at 112 N. Lexington Ave., ran into rocky financial ground after a long winter that cut into attendance, she said. “I’m doing the best that I can to keep it open,” said Brunell-Fortini, who has owned the Emerald since 2012. “It’s at the point where I am tapped out financially,” she said. “ I don’t want to give up. We have a busy season season coming up.”

The Emerald is still on track with shows this week and during next week’s big Moogfest music festival. The Emerald’s Moogfest dates include electronic music acts RBTS Win and Marley Carroll and many others.

The Haywood County electronica duo Stereospread will host a free DJ event at the Emerald on April 27 called MODE:fest. Singer Sara Snyder said that Brunell-Fortini had been “like a mom to all the musicians who come through. She wants to take care of everyone. The Emerald was the first place that took a chance on Stereospread and booked us. We have kind of grown up with them.”

Weathering the cold winter season is never easy for an Asheville entertainment venue, said Asheville Pizza and Brewing president Mike Rangel, who years ago faced his own rocky patch when the heating system went out at the Merrimon Avenue theater. Local musicians came together with a benefit called Heat Aid, and money was found to repair the furnace.

“The music industry is very fickle, especially with all the competition now,” he said. “Asheville is pretty spoiled. You can see a great show at the Grey Eagle or the Orange Peel or the Mothlight or the Isis. The Emerald is a staple. Whenever a music room is in jeopardy, everyone needs to pull together to help.”